2016-05-23T14:59:46-05:00 2015-12-31 541156733 FRANK & COMPANY PC 1360 BEVERLY ROAD SUITE 300 MCLEAN VA 22101 990 2015-01-01 521296972 COUNCIL OF AMERICAN AMBASSADORS COUN 2022963757 888 17TH STREET NW NO 306 WASHINGTON DC 200063312 G PHILIP HUGHES SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT 2022963757 2016-05-23 1 R MATTHEW FRANK P01277196 7038210702 2016-05-23 2015 2016-09-27 15:27:22Z TIMOTHY A CHORBA 888 17TH STREET NW NO 306 WASHINGTON DC 200063312 1264011 0 X WWW.AMERICANAMBASSADORS.ORG X 1983 DC TO ADVANCE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF THE ROLE OF THE AMBASSADOR AND THE EMBASSY TEAM IN CARRYING OUT U.S. FOREIGN POLICY AND TO DEVELOP YOUNG LEADERS FOR SERVICE TO THE NATION. 40 40 2 42 149 0 289011 306160 0 149 107033 191894 2742 1700 398786 499903 55080 64914 0 0 191562 185841 0 0 8558 190826 180474 437468 431229 -38682 68674 4764475 4679125 61108 60063 4703367 4619062 X TO ADVANCE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF THE ROLE OF THE AMBASSADOR AND THE EMBASSY TEAM IN CARRYING OUT U.S. FOREIGN POLICY AND TO DEVELOP YOUNG LEADERS FOR SERVICE TO THE NATION. 0 0 116396 BI-ANNUAL CONFERENCES: THESE MEETINGS PROMOTE THE DISCUSSION OF SALIENT ISSUES OF THE DAY WITH ADMINISTRATION LEADERS AND REPRESENTATIVES OF THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMUNITY. THE SPRING CONFERENCE, HELD IN WASHINGTON, DC ON MAY 11-12 FOCUSED ON "MIDDLE EAST MAYHEM: ISIS - A DEADLY REALITY". THE FALL CONFERENCE, HELD ON NOVEMBER 9-10 ALSO IN WASHINGTON, DC, ANALYZED THE IRAN NUCLEAR AGREEMENT. 84788 149 PUBLICATIONS/COMMUNICATIONS: THE COUNCIL PUBLISHED TWO ISSUES OF ITS FOREIGN AFFAIRS JOURNAL, THE AMBASSADORS REVIEW, IN 2015. AUTHORS OF REVIEW ARTICLES IN 2015 INCLUDED: ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WESTERN HEMISPHERE AFFAIRS ROBERT JACOBSON, U.S. AMBASSADOR TO VIETNAM TED OSIUS, U.S. AMBASSADOR TO LIBERIA DEBORAH R. MALAC, AND U.S. AMBASSADOR TO SPAIN JAMES COSTOS. AMBASSADORS PERSPECTIVES, THE COUNCIL'S ON-LINE FORUM FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMENTARY, HAD OVER 3,000 VIEWS IN 2015. THE COUNCIL LAUNCHED A PODCAST INITIATIVE, "CAA LIVE@MERIDIAN", IN 2015. FEATURED AS A "NEW AND NOTEWORTHY" PODCAST ON ITUNES, CAA LIVE@MERIDIAN COUNTED FIVE PODCAST INTERVIEWS WITH FORMER OR CURRENT U.S. AND FOREIGN CHIEFS OF MISSION DURING THE YEAR. 82510 64914 FELLOWSHIPS: COUNCIL OF AMERICAN AMBASSADORS INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS FELLOWSHIP: IN COOPERATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND THE FUND FOR AMERICAN STUDIES, THE COUNCIL SPONSORED ITS INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM FOR THE 12TH YEAR IN A ROW. THE PROGRAM ENABLED SIX OUTSTANDING UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS TO ATTEND SUMMER CLASSES AT GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY, RECEIVE MENTORING BY FORMER AMBASSADORS AND FELLOWSHIP ALUMNI PEER MENTORS, AND TO PURSUE INTERNSHIPS AT THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE IN WASHINGTON, DC. THE COUNCIL ALSO PROVIDED MENTORING TO THREE HIGHLY QUALIFIED STUDENTS WHO WOULD HAVE RECEIVED FELLOWSHIPS IF FINANCIAL RESOURCES HAD BEEN AVAILABLE. THE MENTORSHIP PROGRAM ENABLES EACH STUDENT TO PARTICIPATE IN AN INTERNSHIP AT THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND RECEIVE MENTORING BY FORMER AMBASSADORS.COUNCIL OF AMERICAN AMBASSADORS' DAVIS PUBLIC DIPLOMACY FELLOWSHIP: THE COUNCIL ALSO SPONSORED ITS DAVIS FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM, WHICH ENABLED THREE FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICERS SPECIALIZING IN PUBLIC DIPLOMACY (PD) TO PARTICIPATE IN A TWO-WEEK INTENSIVE TRAINING SEMINAR AND RECEIVE MENTORING FROM AMBASSADORS AND PD SPECIALISTS. 534 AMBASSADORS FORUM: A SERIES OF LECTURES/DIALOGUES IN CITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY THAT FOSTERS A GREATER UNDERSTANDING OF FOREIGN POLICY ISSUES. 29011 INTERNATIONAL MISSION: IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE, THE COUNCIL UNDERTAKES FACT-FINDING MISSIONS TO INVESTIGATE THE OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES BEYOND OUR BORDERS THAT GENERALLY CANNOT BE GAINED THROUGH NORMAL MEDIA CHANNELS. 5619 AMBASSADORS ORIENTATION: ORIENTATION SESSIONS THAT ENABLE NEWLY-APPOINTED NON-CAREER AMBASSADORS AND THEIR SPOUSES TO MEET, HEAR FROM, AND SHARE EXPERIENCES WITH THOSE WHO PRECEDED THEM IN THE FIELD. 34584 AMBASSADORS ROUNDTABLE: COUNCIL MEMBERS ENGAGE IN OFF-THE-RECORD DIALOGUES WITH THE CHIEFS OF MISSION ACCREDITED TO THE WHITE HOUSE 69748 353442 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 40 40 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 X X THE ORGANIZATION 2022963757 888 17TH STREET NW NO 306 WASHINGTON DC 200063312 ELIZABETH FRAWLEY BAGLEY DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 STUART A BERNSTEIN DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 WILLIAM MCC BLAIR JR DIRECTOR (DEC. 8/29/2015) 1.00 X 0 0 0 JULIA CHANG BLOCH DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 ANNE COX CHAMBERS DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 TIMOTHY A CHORBA PRESIDENT 10.00 X X 0 0 0 CHARLES E COBB JR DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 SUE M COBB VICE PRESIDENT 1.00 X X 0 0 0 K TERRY DORNBUSH DIRECTOR (RET. 11/9/2015) 1.00 X 0 0 0 EDWARD E ELSON DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 MARK W ERWIN DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 RICHARD N GARDNER DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 STUART W HOLLIDAY VICE PRESIDENT (RET. 11/9/2015) 1.00 X X 0 0 0 LESTER B KORN DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 MARY M OURISMAN DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 PENNE KORTH PEACOCK DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 SELWA S ROOSEVELT DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 JAMES C ROSAPEPE DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 PAUL A RUSSO DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 ARTHUR L SCHECHTER DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 CARL SPIELVOGEL DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 DONALD M BLINKEN VICE CHAIR 1.00 X X 0 0 0 KEITH L BROWN CHAIR EMERITUS 1.00 X X 0 0 0 BRUCE S GELB CHAIR 1.00 X X 0 0 0 JOSEPH B GILDENHORN VICE CHAIR AND TREASURER 1.00 X X 0 0 0 WILLIAM J VANDEN HEUVEL CHAIR EMERITUS 1.00 X X 0 0 0 GLEN A HOLDEN VICE CHAIR 1.00 X X 0 0 0 G PHILIP HUGHES SENIOR VP & SECRETARY 5.00 X X 0 0 0 JOHN L LOEB JR VICE CHAIR 1.00 X X 0 0 0 OGDEN R REID CHAIR EMERITUS 1.00 X X 0 0 0 TIMOTHY L TOWELL VICE PRESIDENT 1.00 X X 0 0 0 ABELARDO L VALDEZ PRESIDENT EMERITUS 1.00 X X 0 0 0 DIANA LADY DOUGAN DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 J THOMAS SCHIEFFER DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 ALDONA Z WOS MD DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 C DONALD JOHNSON DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 GEORGE L ARGYROS DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 DELANO LEWIS SR DIRECTOR (RET. 11/9/2015) 1.00 X 0 0 0 CLIFFORD M SOBEL DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 LLOYD N HAND DIRECTOR (RET. 5/5/2015) 1.00 X 0 0 0 DONALD T BLISS DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 BRENDA LAGRANGE JOHNSON DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 CAROLYN GRETZINGER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 40.00 X 103500 0 15419 103500 0 15419 1 0 0 0 0 227500 78660 306160 AMBASSADORS REVIEW 541800 149 149 149 105137 105137 850865 764108 86757 86757 86757 1700 0 1700 1700 499903 0 149 193594 64914 64914 118919 105243 9871 3805 47470 42011 3940 1519 2373 2101 196 76 5206 4606 433 167 11873 10508 985 380 26848 26848 850 850 32391 12048 20061 282 1372 1216 112 44 34397 30442 2855 1100 327 290 27 10 23244 23167 55 22 33169 29354 2754 1061 2892 2558 242 92 AMBASSADORS REVIEW 14698 14698 RESEARCH MISSION - CUBA 10286 10286 431229 353442 69229 8558 111265 88783 18804 17806 105901 19457 2074 9014 4014 2891 115636 100944 47861 14692 4462849 4515343 11707 11139 4764475 4679125 2059 63 59049 60000 61108 60063 X 3040377 3067361 162990 51701 1500000 1500000 4703367 4619062 4764475 4679125 68674 -152979 0 X 0 1 X 1 0 X 339822 344001 493266 289011 306160 1772260 339822 344001 493266 289011 306160 1772260 166464 1605796 75174 112823 102334 107909 105137 503377 60 149 209 2275846 7626 0.70560 0.74410 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 4108256 88515 29732 29312 5453 4191738 3929133 12500 204570 30806 7141 4108256 3506342 210000 249551 30656 6104 3929133 3361901 22075 155135 32769 3506342 3303072 10000 53159 4330 3361901 0.63450 0.35780 0.00770 0 0 10078 8857 1221 105558 92087 13471 14692 MONEY MARKET - ENDOWMENT FUND A 199115 F CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSITS - ENDOWMENT FUND A 682244 F MONEY MARKET - ENDOWMENT FUND B 19926 F CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSITS - ENDOWMENT FUND B 145677 F MONEY MARKET - ENDOWMENT FUND C (DAVIS FUND) 96256 F CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSITS - ENDOWMENT FUND C (DAVIS FUND) 291414 F SECURITIES - ENDOWMENT FUND A 117377 F SECURITIES - ENDOWMENT FUND C 76073 F MUTUAL FUNDS - ENDOWMENT A 1665408 F MUTUAL FUNDS - ENDOWMENT B 370431 F MUTUAL FUNDS - ENDOWMENT C 851422 F 4515343 X 346924 -152979 -152979 499903 0 499903 431229 0 431229 0 431229 PART V, LINE 4: THE ENDOWMENT FUNDS ARE USED TO SUPPORT THE PROGRAMS OF THE ORGANIZATION. PART X, LINE 2: THE COUNCIL USES FASB ASC 740 FOR EVALUATING, RECOGNIZING, MEASURING AND PRESENTING UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS. FASB ASC 740 CLARIFIES THE ACCOUNTING FOR UNCERTAINTY IN INCOME TAXES RECOGNIZED IN AN ENTERPRISE'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. FASB ASC 740 PRESCRIBES A COMPREHENSIVE MODEL FOR RECOGNIZING, MEASURING, PRESENTING, AND DISCLOSING IN FINANCIAL STATEMENTS TAX POSITIONS TAKEN OR EXPECTED TO BE TAKEN ON A TAX RETURN, INCLUDING POSITIONS THAT THE COUNCIL IS EXEMPT FROM INCOME TAXES. THE COUNCIL BELIEVES THAT IT HAS APPROPRIATE SUPPORT FOR ANY TAX POSITIONS TAKEN, AND AS SUCH, DOES NOT HAVE ANY UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS THAT ARE MATERIAL TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. THE COUNCIL'S FEDERAL RETURN OF ORGANIZATION EXEMPT FROM INCOME TAX (FORM 990) FOR 2012, 2013, AND 2014 ARE SUBJECT TO EXAMINATION BY THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, GENERALLY FOR THREE YEARS AFTER THEY ARE FILED. 1 DAVIS FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM 3 27913 INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM 6 37001 PART I, LINE 2: THE COUNCIL ACTIVELY MONITORS ALL GRANTS AWARDED TO ENSURE THAT THE FUNDS ARE BEING DISBURSED FOR THEIR INTENDED PURPOSE. DAVIS FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM: THE COUNCIL ISSUES A CHECK TO THE USC CENTER ON PUBLIC DIPLOMACY TO COVER THE SUMMER INSTITUTE TUITION FOR THE COUNCIL'S DAVIS PUBLIC DIPLOMACY FELLOWS. EACH DAVIS FELLOW ALSO RECEIVES A $2,500 STIPEND. THE DAVIS FELLOWS MEET WITH COUNCIL MEMBER-MENTORS AND OTHERS DURING THE FELLOWSHIP. AT THE END OF THE FELLOWSHIP, EACH DAVIS FELLOW SUBMITS AN ARTICLE ON PUBLIC DIPLOMACY WRITTEN DURING THE FELLOWSHIP. THESE ARTICLES ARE PUBLISHED IN THE COUNCIL'S FOREIGN AFFAIRS JOURNAL, THE AMBASSADORS REVIEW. INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM: THE COUNCIL MAKES A CONTRIBUTION TO THE FUND FOR AMERICAN STUDIES (TFAS) TO COVER THE TUITION AND HOUSING FOR THE SIX ANNENBERG FELLOWS. THE FELLOWS ARE REQUIRED TO LIVE IN GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY CAMPUS HOUSING AND ATTEND CLASS AT GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY. TFAS STAFF IS ON SITE (AT GWU) TO MONITOR COMPLIANCE OF THE FELLOWS (AND OTHER TFAS STUDENTS). ADDITIONALLY, THE FELLOWS PARTICIPATE IN THREE MAJOR ACTIVITIES ORGANIZED BY THE COUNCIL DURING THEIR TEN-WEEK FELLOWSHIP. THEY ALSO MEET REGULARLY WITH THEIR COUNCIL MEMBER-MENTORS WHO ALSO MONITOR THE FELLOWS' COMPLIANCE IN TERMS OF CLASS AND INTERNSHIP ATTENDANCE, ETC. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 2 BOARD MEMBER AMBASSADOR CHARLES E. COBB, JR. IS MARRIED TO BOARD MEMBER AMBASSADOR SUE M. COBB. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11 FORM 990 IS PREPARED BY A CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM AND A DRAFT COPY IS PROVIDED TO THE ORGANIZATION. THE COUNCIL'S PRESIDENT AND EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REVIEW THE FORM 990 PRIOR TO ITS FILING WITH THE IRS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C THE COUNCIL'S CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY IS CONSISTENTLY MONITORED AND ENFORCED. DIRECTORS SIGN A DOCUMENT INDICATING THAT THEY HAVE READ AND UNDERSTOOD THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15 ANNUAL SALARY OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IS BASED ON INPUT FROM THE COUNCIL'S PRESIDENT. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS THEN REVIEWS AND APPROVES THE SALARY. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 18 THE COUNCIL COMPLIES WITH SECTION 6104 AND MAKES ITS FORM 1023 AND FORM 990 AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION UPON REQUEST. THERE IS A NOTICE ON THE COUNCIL'S WEBSITE THAT INDIVIDUALS MAY REQUEST A COPY OF THE FORM 990 BY CALLING OR EMAILING THE COUNCIL OFFICE. THE COUNCIL'S FORM 990 IS ALSO AVAILABLE THROUGH THE FOUNDATION CENTER'S WEBSITE (WWW.FOUNDATIONCENTER.ORG). THE COUNCIL ALSO ACCEPTS ORAL, WRITTEN AND ELECTRONIC REQUESTS FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION OF FORM 990. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 THE COUNCIL MAKES AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC ITS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS BY PROVIDING COPIES ON REQUEST AND BY MAKING THEM AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION AT THE COUNCIL OFFICE. IN ADDITION, THE COUNCIL HAS POSTED A NOTICE ON ITS WEB SITE INDICATING THAT MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC CAN REQUEST THESE DOCUMENTS BY PHONE, LETTER AND EMAIL.